HP 1606 HP B-series Fabric OS 6.4.1b Release Notes (5697-0886, March 2011-incl - Page 17

/256 SAN Director blade support, DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support

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9 Fabric Manager is not supported with Fabric OS 6.3.x and later. 4/256 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 6.4.1b is fully qualified and supports only the Director blades listed in Table 2 (page 17). Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix Director blade FC4-16 FC4-32 FC4-48 FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-48 FC10-6 Number of blades Supported with any mix, with up to eight blades of each type. No intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director must run Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-16 port blade, and Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later to support the FC8-32 and FC8-48 port blades. FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade) FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade) Up to four blades of this type Up to two blades of this type. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing. DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support Fabric OS 6.4.1b is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in Table 3 (page 17). Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix Director blade FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-48 FC8-64 FC10-6 Number of blades Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a or later. FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade) FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade) FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade) FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade) FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade) Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing on the DC SAN Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades. Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum of four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director. Up to two FX8-24 blades are supported beginning with Fabric OS 6.3.0x. Up to four are supported beginning with Fabric OS 6.4.0x. Supported starting with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of two blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade can be installed in the same chassis only with FC8-xx (except FC8-64) and/or FC10-6 blades. It is not supported in the chassis with any other blades. 4/256 SAN Director blade support 17

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Fabric Manager is not supported with Fabric OS 6.3.
x
and later.
4/256 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.4.1b is fully qualified and supports only the Director blades listed in
Table 2 (page
17)
.
Table 2 4/256 SAN Director blade support matrix
Number of blades
Director blade
Supported with any mix, with up to eight blades of each type.
No intermix restrictions. The 4/256 SAN Director must run
Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later to support the FC8-16 port blade,
and Fabric OS 6.1.0a or later to support the FC8-32 and
FC8-48 port blades.
FC4-16
FC4-32
FC4-48
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC10-6
Up to four blades of this type
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Up to two blades of thistype. Up to eight FR4-18i blades can
be installed if they are used only for FC FastWrite or FCIP
without routing.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
DC SAN Backbone and DC04 SAN Director blade support
Fabric OS 6.4.1b is fully qualified and supports the DC Director blades listed in
Table 3 (page
17)
.
Table 3 DC Director blade support matrix
Number of blades
Director blade
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later with any mix, with
up to eight blades of each type on the DC SAN Backbone
Director. There are no intermix restrictions. The DC04 SAN
Director requires Fabric OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up
to four blades. FC8-64 requires 6.4.0a or later.
FC8-16
FC8-32
FC8-48
FC8-64
FC10-6
Not supported with the DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04
SAN Director
FC4-16IP (iSCSI blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.0.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director. Up
to eight FR4-18i blades can be installed if they are used only
for FC FastWrite or FCIP without routing on the DC SAN
Backbone Director. The DC04 SAN Director requires Fabric
OS 6.2.0a or later, and supports up to four blades.
FR4-18i (FCIP/FC Router blade)
Supported with Fabric OS 6.2.0b or later, with a maximum of
four blades of this type on the DC SAN Backbone Director or
DC04 SAN Director. Up to two FX8-24 blades are supported
beginning with Fabric OS 6.3.0x. Up to four are supported
beginning with Fabric OS 6.4.0x.
FS8-18 (DC Switch Encryption FC blade)
FX8-24 (DC SAN Director Multiprotocol Extension
Blade)
Supported starting with Fabric OS 6.3.0x, with a maximum of
two blades per director. The DC SAN Director Switch 10/24
FCoE Blade can be installed in the same chassis only with
FC8-xx (except FC8–64) and/or FC10-6 blades. It is not
supported in the chassis with any other blades.
FCOE10-24 (DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE
Blade)
4/256 SAN Director blade support
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